'Invest in sport or pay the price'
WITHOUT investing in sport and inactivity now, Guernsey could fall even further behind other jurisdictions, the chief executive officer of the Guernsey Sports Commission has warned as he criticised the States for its lack of funding and relying too much on the third sector.
David Harry said while funding for sport had a 'depressing past', it did not have to be a 'depressing future'.
He was speaking after Sport England announced a £250m. strategy to target inactivity.
His comments also came as Education, Sport & Culture announced it was preparing to consult on a new Sport and Activity Strategy for the island, which will go to the States in 2017.
Funding, it said, would be one of the issues to be considered by the new committee.
Mr Harry said it was depressing to see England's politicians recognise the benefits of investing while the island continued to under-fund the sector.
